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Comfort is the basis of everything we do; we work to earn money and we want to earn money to buy all the comforts of life. Most of our working time is spent in office. But, we tend to ignore to invest in a comfortable chair in order to buy more comfort. What an irony!

Back pains, neck pains, hip injury are some of the common injuries we see today in our workplace. This can be also considered a ‘first world’ problem, because of long hours of office work that kept you at your desk without much movement and exercise.

Today’s lifestyle has made us lazier and more proneto disorders. Maintaining a good posture is in itself a challenge for most of us. Then why not choose the furniture which helps us in doing so. Invest in a good ergonomic chair. Get it from a good office chair Singapore supplier.

One design or shape cannot fit all body types. So, choose a design which is customizable, has adjustable height, also for arm support. The back area should be flexible to allow maintaining the natural curve of the spine. Most of the chair available in the market provide the recline ability, but do not have an option of comfortable head rest.

Benefit of having a head rest is that it gives support to your neck also, when you just want to tilt your head back and do some deep thinking. Some chairs advertise deep cushioned seat pan as an added level of comfort. Don’t be fooled by such false claims.

A deep seating area entices you towards slouching, which is very dangerous for your health. Though, a good chair is an important aspect of office furniture. But, it is incomplete without a complimenting desk to work.

Office table is equally significant. Most importantly, the height must be comfortable. There should be appropriate space for cable management so that network and power cables do not get tangled.

When choosing a desk, pay some attention to the surface material also. You don’t want your new desk to be spoilt with pen marks. Laminated tops are a good option as they are very easy to clean and stains are not retained.

There should be enough storage space also on your desk to help you keep organized. It’s a well known fact that a cluttered workstation decreases the productivity.

We have discussed a lot over the usability of the office furniture. This does not mean that looks are less important. Choose from a wide variety of colors and designs available in the market.

Go for bright colors so that the environment is vibrant and motivating. If you are a fan of vintage style and unable to incorporate the same in your home, office is a good alternative to let your imagination fly.

After all, when you are working on your favorite desk and chair, overtime does not pinch too much!

If you want to look for more options for your furniture, check out the video below for a range of cool designs of chairs, tables and furniture set that take care of your body, your posture!

I used to love running marathons. Who doesn’t? My friends used to laugh at me for being fat and weak. Yea, FAT. Like the fattest girl in class. And coincidentally, fat = lazy. I’m not sure how this equates, but it doesn’t seems to make me love my classmates.

So when I grow up, I aim to become a healthier and nice looking person. Maybe with the help of society, health means slim. health means muscles. health means pretty! That change my mind and encourage me to go all out to lose those fats!

And my first friend recommend me to go running. Running is probably the first thing to do to burn those fats. Running may be easy for you, but its not easy for someone who weighs 100kg. (alright, I revealed my weight!) . The more I run, the more fats I lose. After a year of running, I kind of like running.

Now, came the next challenge. Instead of just running to lose weight, I want to run for a goal. To complete a marathon! Of course, I’m not running it myself. I have my friend who is running with me too.

The first marathon I run is 6km. It is not competitive. And I’m glad I finish it!

The happiest thing is also to collect a winner’s medal! Wow! That’s a big achievement for a fat girl who weighs 100 kg before!

This gives me the motivation to go for longer distance.

I went for 10km next. As you know, there are marathons around the year, and people love to sign up for it. Doesn’t matter you can run or not. As long as you complete it, even by walking, it is still an achievement. So I signed up for 10km.

I complete it too! I remember I did it in 1 hour 30 minutes. Not sure if it’s a good time, but i did it without stopping or resting. That means I run the whole 10km race non-stop!

Building strong relationships in the work place is very important. Many people thought that the workplace is just a place for work and nothing else. They thought that everything about work should be done in the office, and only when there is time after work, then relationships come into place. This is soooooo wrong!

I used to be like this person. But something happened and changed my thinking.
I went for a team building program in Singapore and was trained by a really good trainer. He facilitated the whole program well and opened up many relationships with my colleagues. Mind you, I hardly talk to my colleagues, because to me, they are just people I go for work. They are not really my friends. Alright ‘friends’ in work. That’s all.

However, in the program, the trainer emphasize how important healthy relationships is in the workplace. Good relationships with people reduces friction, and makes things easier to do. Anything that is complex, and be solved by a good friend and good help. With someone who is on good terms with you, will also make you feel happier and better at work.

After this program, I realized how much I have been missing in my workplace. My other colleagues are always getting well with one another, but for me, I’m always alone. Once work has ended, I just pack up and leave for home. Everything is the same tomorrow, the next day.

Until now, then I know how great it is to have healthy and strong relationships.

I’m feeling so happy at work right now. I’m like smiling to work everyday, because I know I have friends at work. Even when my work has ended, and I’m leaving the office late, I have friends who will buy dinner for me, or even wait for me to end work and go back together. This feeling is too awesome.

If you read the previous article on having a good team, then I must have I indeed has a good team in my workplace! The people who organizes teambuilding program that time is TeamTrainingSingapore.com . I can guarantee you it is really fun, and help many people like me to get along in the workplace!

Mathematics is one of the subjects that is loved by students, but is also one of the most hated ones. Students who have difficulty scoring high marks in mathematics never like maths. However, we know we all have to do maths in school!

If you’re currently struggling in your IP/IB Math, you may want to consider receiving help for your subjects. These are important subjects that cannot be neglected or ‘dropped’ just like that. Doing your math well will go a long way in helping you to enter any schools and subjects in the future.

IP/IB Math Tuition in Singapore can help you to challenge your math problem solving skills and help you to think faster, which makes math problems so much easy. Start receiving help today to get yourself back on track with your peers who are ahead of you.

After sharing information on health and wellness on my blog, there are many people who feedback to me that they love my content so much that they are inspired to share their own health results and achievements to inspire many more others to live healthily too!

When I heard it, it’s awesome! But how can they build a website first?

If you are considering to build a website, I can recommend you go to Hostgator right away. Plus, use the hostgator coupon codes provided to start your hosting plan. This is how I start my first ever site, and I’m even using it for my other 20 sites too.

Domain name wise, you can either use Godaddy, or just simply get it at the same place- hostgator too. I have no preference about the purchase of domain name, but I will use hostgator for my hosting. The coupon codes provided will help you save about 25% of your hosting bill. That can be quite a lot in the long run.

Once the domain name and hosting is up, then you can go to start your new blog post about your health. Start by sharing all the health info that you have accumulated for the past years and that have been working well on you. That will benefit your audience who came to visit your site!

As we talk about health, it is always important that we must consider all aspects of health, and not just our physical health. One aspect of our health which is usually neglected is our mental health. Healthy minds are good for the entire person as it allows them to think and analyze every day’s decision. So how can we improve our mental health, to have healthy minds everyday?

Music is considered a good way to improve our minds. Piano lessons for adult beginners, for once, is a way to get your minds to work! As you know Singapore is quite a stressful place, and people are working long hours everyday. No doubt about that, but this little country of people are going to work more hours than ‘already-stressed’ countries like Japan and South Korea.

Many people are heading for therapy lessons to ease their minds after a day work. Some consider piano lessons, so they can learn a skill which help them to play good music to relax themselves. Most of them are adults who attended the classes after a stressful day at work. They want to learn something that can help them de-stress from the huge workload daily.

How about piano lessons for kids?

Some research has also shown that kids who learn music at a young age, such as 4 years old, will tend to help to develop their minds and help them grow up with better brain power. Thus, is also helps them to become better learners in school, and able to score higher in subjects such as mathematics and sciences.

Also you know, most parents want their kids to score well in Singapore exams, and be among the top students in school. That’s why piano lessons in Singapore is also very high in demand.

Healthy relationships in the workplace is really important. It not only helps the whole company of staff to work together, it also helps to get people together, in a case of crisis. However, it is often easier said than done so. Many corporations hope to create a culture of healthy relationships, friendly workplace with people working with each other, but this is just an ideal dream to some bosses.

To solve this problem, many mangers and superiors engage in Team Building activities to get their people come together, know each other better, have fun, and hopefully build strong bonds for better collaborations in the work place. Just in Singapore, there are many team building Singapore companies offering solutions to corporations to help people work better in teams.

Team building events do help staff to come together to understand each other differences. Some companies also enroll their staff in disc profiling workshop in Singapore. This will help them to discover personalities of their colleagues, and furthermore understand each other better. This thus helps to build healthy relations in the workplace!

However, do note that not all team building programs are the same. Many programs are out there to create fun and enjoyment, but the sad truth is that people are JUST THERE to have fun. Nothing changes, and people are back to normal in their workplace, and past relationships remain sour. People do not work in teams even after the fun.

The real deal comes when the programs is able to shift people’s mindsets can create change in their lives. The trainer must be able to stir the desires of the staff, and help them see that there are great benefits in front of them from collaboration and helping one another out. Hence, the games played in the midst of all the fun, must be directed to instill all these principles of team work and collaboration, instead of just sweating out in the sun.

If you are serious to create a healthy environment in your workplace with people helping each other, looking out for one another and creating collaborations across departments, then get the right training and team building programs with the experience to do so!

No doubt. Singapore has a vibrant and active property market. Every now and then you will see new condo launch here in this tiny country of just 5 million people. The country leaders have also been filling lands to make this country bigger so to accommodate more people.

More people are coming into the country, more properties has to be built! With Singapore’s hot property market at such a high price, is it the time to buy a property? With so many condo launches during this “hot money” period when the interest rate is super low, is it a good time to jump on the bandwagon and get yourself a new property?

There are many questions to be asked before anyone want to jump into the property market. This same goes for the new property launch which maybe just right at your town. You can buy the property either for your own stay, or your investment. But before you get sold by the marketing agency for the launch, it is always wise to ask yourself good questions.

Am I able to finance the new condo?

Before thinking about how much resale value or rental yields you can get from buying the condo, think if you are able to finance the new condo, even when there is no rental yields for your condo.

Do you really need to buy now?

With the government coming up with so many cooling measures to make it more difficult for people to buy new condo properties for investment, all these extra costs are eating into your profits. That said, you may not be making much money in real terms after all! Can you wait for the price to come down before you enter again?

These 2 simple rules are actually enough to help you decide if you should join the latest condo launch in Singapore. Do think carefully before you jump in!

Learning how to play violin is one of the dreams of many people in the world. Many people love its music, and hope to be able to play it one day. However, when people really take up the violin and play it, they feel that it is totally a different thing. It is so difficult! Oh, is playing the violin that difficult? If you are hoping to learn the violin, then I have good news for you!

You can learn how to play the violin easily!

There are many ways you can learn to play the string instrument. The most traditional way is of course to go for music classes, and learn from the teacher directly. I know I know. You may want to try out violin lessons first, before committing to a lesson. You want to try out the violin and see how it sounds like, and if you are fit for it, before spending money on lessons.

If that’s the case, here’s what you can do to learn violin by yourself first.

1. The Internet!

The internet is where all the information are! You can find free videos and tutorials by experienced violin teachers online who show you how to hold, how to play, and how to even manage your first song on the violin. This is free, and you just have to search for it. This is not the best way to learn, but it can be one way for you to try out first.

If you love the violin, you’re quite sure there are people around you who like the violin too. And that’s not all, there are also friends who can play the violin well too! So once you get your violin, let your music friends know. Let them know that you’re interested to learn from them. They are happy to teach you how to play! Of course, this is free, but you can give them a treat to thank them!

3. Buy books to learn

However, this is the worst way to learn. Playing the violin is like swimming. You cannot learn the swimming just by reading. You have to go out and really take the chance to play it. Books may show you instructions, but you may learn slowly. But if you’re looking for low-costs ways to learn, then books is where you can start.

So where to start your first lesson? It is up to you, and of course, explore all the options you have to see which is best for you!

Health is one of the most precious asset for our life. There’s a common saying that goes, “Health is Wealth!” Yes! If you lose your health, you lose your health! When you lose your health, you lose your energy to work, you lose your energy to think and strategize. What’s more, you have to pay for medical advice to get medical treatment to get back your health!

Many people thought health is a given. They should be granted with great health the day they are born. True to a certain extent, but due to the surroundings, we can fall sick easily from any bacteria attacks. To maintain great health, we have to put in effort to make sure we stay healthy, all the time!

Here’s the trick to stay health. There are no big secrets that other people are selling you. Just two things you have to concentrate on.

Diet and Exercise.

Diet is about what you eat, and exercise is about your daily movement everyday to keep you moving and build your immune system to defend against any illness attacks. I’m sure you know that! Many people know these 2 things. But the problem is…

Many people only focus on the Exercise! They thought that just by exercising regularly, they will be healthy. However, after their exercise, they went on to eat whatever they want to eat, including many unhealthy and oily foods! That’s not about healthy lifestyle!

If you want to be healthy ALL THE TIME, remember, it’s about your exercise, plus your diet.

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About The Author

Hi, I'm Jane and this is my blog.

You may not know me, but I started writing on this blog about my life story, how I grew up, the amazing things happened in my life, and all the loving people around me. However, after a year, I realized that most of my postings are very self-centered, and most of my 'good news' are just complains to you (my blog readers).

Hence, I did a change of my entire website. I deleted every posts, and intend to make my writings more positive. I don't want to look back and see what I have complained, but to see how much I have grown (which is the original purpose of my website!)

I'm also a stay at home mum with 4 kids, and I can tell you lots of crazy stuff about them. I also love sharing health advice to my friends because they have been asking me how do I keep my body slim after giving birth (to 4 kids!!), or how do I make sure my kids are healthy at a young age.

So I hope to be more positive here, and share more about healthy lifestyle issues. Of course, you will still read my daily ramblings sometimes. Hehe...